Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 8
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +8
Overall GiG Score: 13 ?

HEALTHWATCH LAMBETH 

HEALTHWATCH LAMBETH?S OBJECTS ARE TO ADVANCE THE HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BYREASONS OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OFLAMBETH BY MAKING THE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES OF THE CITIZENS OF LAMBETH KNOWN TO HEALTH AND SOCIALCARE PROVIDERS.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • Income has been volatile recently
Established: 11 years

www.healthwatchlambeth.org.uk

info@healthwatchlambeth.org.uk

02072748522

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£366£360£6n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/22£368£367£1n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/21£897£982£-85£0£237£2182.71135
31/03/20£684£641£43£641£322£2404.5840
31/03/19£732£654£77£0£279£2013.7740
31/03/18£617£663£-47£0£201£190.370
31/03/17£399£372£27£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£374£357£17£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£314£234£79£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£337£213£125£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bromley, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Wandsworth,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 15 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity£438,600
Lankelly Chase Foundation£366,400
The London Community Foundation£8,500
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Healthwatch (Black Thrive Global CIC)
£328,000 26/07/2021
Healthwatch (Black Thrive Global CIC)
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Healthwatch (Black Thrive)
£21,000 08/07/2021
Healthwatch (Black Thrive)
The London Community Foundation - Grant to Lambeth Learning Disability Assembly
£8,500 29/07/2020
Providing support to enable isolated people with Learning Disabilities to maintain their friendships using social media ( especially smart phones, Zoom) to stay in touch with friends, run their own ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Grant to Healthwatch (Black Thrive)
£17,400 22/05/2020
Healthwatch (Black Thrive)
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Employment support
£438,600 27/01/2020
Improving systems to increase employment amongst black residents in Lambeth
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Black Thrive Evaluation
£498,100 28/02/2018
Evaluation of Black Thrive initiative
Guy's and St Thomas' Charity - Black Wellbeing
£162,884 29/11/2016
Black people in Lambeth experience significant inequalities in mental health and wellbeing. This well-documented issue has persisted for years, despite repeated efforts to address it, and there ....more
Lankelly Chase Foundation - Lambeth Wellbeing Partnership
£28,040 12/09/2016
8
To support the consolidation phase of the Lambeth Black Wellbeing Partnership addresing ethnic inequalities in the mental health system
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 32-79
  • JEROME PUPE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • RUTH ATKINSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Research Manager - Evaluation Practice
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/08/2013, number: 1153444
  • Registered at Companies House on 05/03/2013, number: 08430436
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
10 returns made; all on time
Main office

Heathwatch Lambeth
Tripod
Lambeth Town Hall
2 Brixton Hill
LONDON

Objectives

THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH BY:1.PROVIDING INFORMATION AND SIGNPOSTING TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC ABOUT LOCAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES;2.MAKING THE VIEWS AND EXPERIENCES OF THE CITIZENS OF LAMBETH KNOWN TO HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE PROVIDERS DRAWING ON CITIZENS’ NEEDS, INVOLVEMENT AND ASPIRATIONS WHETHER USERS OR NOT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SERVICES3.ENABLING LOCAL PEOPLE TO HAVE A VOICE IN THE DEVELOPMENT, DELIVERY AND EQUALITY OF ACCESS TO LOCAL HEALTH AND CARE SERVICES AND FACILITIES AND;4.PROVIDING TRAINING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS FOR VOLUNTEERS AND THE WIDER COMMUNITY IN UNDERSTANDING, SCRUTINIZING, REVIEWING AND MONITORING LOCAL HEALTH AND CARE SERVICES AND FACILITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LAMBETH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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